TripAdvisor Reviews Hampton Inn San Diego - Downtown

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Yesterday was a good day to stay here for R&R and catch up. Enjoyed the sun in the afternoon on our 'patio'. Part of our tickets at the zoo included admission to the Safari Park 30 mi. north of the zoo so that was our destination today. Nice park but not as developed as the zoo. More animals.... but a section of the park is set up as a preserve ...

... the marina was a beautiful spot and spotless. The grounds crew, for lack of a better title, keep the place immaculate. Every day someone would come by to scrub the seagull poop on the docks. Everyone in the office couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. A person could get spoiled with this kind of pampering.

The docks are full of folks flying the yellow Baja Ha-Ha flags. There is very little socializing going on as everyone is too ...

... earlier and we got enough questions then!!Turns out we were in some national park and because we were so close to Mexico everyone was s a bloody Mexican and didn't understand us asking them how do we get back to San Diego city. We found our way eventually and have learnt we should probably always drive with a map. The adventures we find ourselves in are quite amusing. Sadly the honeymoon is almost over :( San Diego and the second part or LA to go M&S ...

... tour guided by the chief horticulturist. It was fascinating. The animals during this tour were only the backdrop to the plants.

Richard and Melanie were our tour guides the next day. We caught the farmers market downtown, toured the wharf area, went out to Coronado and then stopped at a fish market and picked up mouthwatering shrimp, scallops, ...